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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Falling Into Flowers Lynne Barnes

Falling Into Flowers Lynne Barnes
Lesbian - Poetry
Paperback
Publisher: Blue Light Press (January 1, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1421837706
ISBN-13: 978-1421837703
Amazon: Falling Into Flowers Lynne Barnes

Lynne Barnes was born in Georgia and moved to New York City in 1968 with a front row ticket to Hair, before migrating to San Francisco in 1969, two years after the Summer of Love. She has worked as a nurse on psych emergency units and oncology wards, and as a librarian in San Francisco's Public Libraries. She was part of a commune that thrived for twenty years in the Haight Ashbury. She lives with her beloved partner, Carole.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Trans Liberty Riot Brigade L.M. Pierce

Trans Liberty Riot Brigade L.M. Pierce
Transgender - Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Series: Trans Liberty Riot Brigade (Book 1)
Paperback
Publisher: Ninestar Press, LLC (July 17, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1947139347
ISBN-13: 978-1947139343
Amazon: Trans Liberty Riot Brigade L.M. Pierce

How do you fight for who you are, when the government controls what you are?
Trans Liberty Riot Brigade features a unique cast of intersex and LGBTQ+ characters in a dystopian future that extrapolates upon current trends of political subterfuge, body control, and social and legislative violence against those who exist outside the accepted mainstream. Adult science fiction.

Content warning: gore, drug use, and language.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: The Impasse Franci McMahon

The Impasse Franci McMahon
Lesbian - Romantic Suspence
Paperback
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (February 14, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626397813
ISBN-13: 978-1626397811
Amazon: The Impasse Franci McMahon

After a year of mourning, Montana rancher Miles feels stagnated. When Karen, an outdoor adventures leader, turns up at Miles's ranch in the bone-chilling winter with a proposition for her to lead an all-woman group into the Montana wilderness, Miles snaps it up like a rare steak. Her body comes awake at the sight of Stormy, the horse wrangler sent by the stock supplier to assist her, but Rachel, one of the guests, reaches into her heart with the warmth of a freshly baked pie. The pack trip leads them deep into an isolated area, where cell phones are useless, and the trip morphs into an excursion with a deadly obstacle. The eight guests, the two outfitters, the trip organizer, and Miles must bring their singular wits to bear to surmount an impasse of not granite but men.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Summer Lessons (Winter Ball #2) Amy Lane

Summer Lessons (Winter Ball #2) Amy Lane
Gay - Romantic Comedy
Series: Winter Ball
Paperback: 260 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (November 25, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1634778936
ISBN-13: 978-1634778930
Amazon: Summer Lessons (Winter Ball #2) Amy Lane

a Winter Ball novel

Mason Hayes’s love life has a long history of losers who don’t see that Mason’s heart is as deep and tender as his mouth is awkward. He wants kindness, he wants love—and he wants someone who thinks sex is as fantastic as he does. When Terry Jefferson first asks him out, Mason thinks it’s a fluke: Mason is too old, too boring, and too blurty to interest someone as young and hot as his friend’s soccer teammate.

The truth is much more painful: Mason and Terry are perfectly compatible, and they totally get each other. But Terry is still living with his toxic, suffocating parent and Mason doesn’t want to be a sugar daddy. Watching Terry struggle to find himself is a long lesson in patience, but Mason needs to trust that the end result will be worth it, because finally, he’s found a man worth sharing his heart with.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Red Fish, Dead Fish (Fish Out of Water #2) Amy Lane

Red Fish, Dead Fish (Fish Out of Water #2) Amy Lane
Gay - Mystery / Thriller
Series: Fish Out of Water (Book 2)
Paperback: 330 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (August 4, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1635337631
ISBN-13: 978-1635337631
Amazon: Red Fish, Dead Fish (Fish Out of Water #2) Amy Lane

Fish Out of Water: Book Two

They must work together to stop a psychopath—and save each other.

Two months ago Jackson Rivers got shot while trying to save Ellery Cramer’s life. Not only is Jackson still suffering from his wounds, the triggerman remains at large—and the body count is mounting.

Jackson and Ellery have been trying to track down Tim Owens since Jackson got out of the hospital, but Owens’s time as a member of the department makes the DA reluctant to turn over any stones. When Owens starts going after people Jackson knows, Ellery’s instincts hit red alert. Hurt in a scuffle with drug-dealing squatters and trying damned hard not to grieve for a childhood spent in hell, Jackson is weak and vulnerable when Owens strikes.

Jackson gets away, but the fallout from the encounter might kill him. It’s not doing Ellery any favors either. When a police detective is abducted—and Jackson and Ellery hold the key to finding her—Ellery finds out exactly what he’s made of. He’s not the corporate shark who believes in winning at all costs; he’s the frightened lover trying to keep the man he cares for from self-destructing in his own valor.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Bonfires Amy Lane

Bonfires Amy Lane
Gay - Contemporary Romance
Paperback: 280 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (March 24, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1635333407
ISBN-13: 978-1635333404
Amazon: Bonfires Amy Lane

Ten years ago Sheriff’s Deputy Aaron George lost his wife and moved to Colton, hoping growing up in a small town would be better for his children. He’s gotten to know his community, including Mr. Larkin, the bouncy, funny science teacher. But when Larx is dragged unwillingly into administration, he stops coaching the track team and starts running alone. Aaron—who thought life began and ended with his kids—is distracted by a glistening chest and a principal running on a dangerous road.

Larx has been living for his kids too—and for his students at Colton High. He’s not ready to be charmed by Aaron, but when they start running together, he comes to appreciate the deputy’s steadiness, humor, and complete understanding of Larx’s priorities. Children first, job second, his own interests a sad last.

It only takes one kiss for two men approaching fifty to start acting like teenagers in love, even amid all the responsibilities they shoulder. Then an act of violence puts their burgeoning relationship on hold. The adult responsibilities they’ve embraced are now instrumental in keeping their town from exploding. When things come to a head, they realize their newly forged family might be what keeps the world from spinning out of control.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Defenseless A.J. Rose

Defenseless A.J. Rose
Bisexual - Contemporary Romance
File Size: 5287 KB
Print Length: 500 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: September 13, 2016
Amazon: Defenseless A.J. Rose

From Rainbow Award-winning author AJ Rose, Defenseless is a gut-wrenching, heart-stopping story of love through adversity.

Kyle Decker knew dating Jesse McGovern would change his life. Young and in love, and with the Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality, the world is theirs to conquer.

But their victorious Pride celebration ends in a savage attack, brutally demonstrating they’re far from equal. Instead of wedding planning, Jesse and Kyle face an arduous recovery and a shattered sense of their place in the world, their once-promising future suddenly something to survive.

While Jesse struggles with a permanent injury and its emotional aftermath, Kyle’s single-minded focus on Jesse’s recovery is the only thing keeping his demons at bay…for now. What was a once-in-a-lifetime kind of love is now full of lies and resentment.

With their dreams tattered and forever changed, trusting anyone—even each other—is daunting. So how can they have faith in twelve strangers on a jury? They’ve already learned the hard way it only takes a moment to become truly defenseless.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Gazes Into You (Mr & Mr Detective #1) Alex Jane

Gazes Into You (Mr & Mr Detective #1) Alex Jane
Gay - Mystery / Thriller
Series: Mr and Mr Detective
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform; 1 edition (June 7, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1546876308
ISBN-13: 978-1546876304
Amazon: Gazes Into You (Mr & Mr Detective #1) Alex Jane

Ex-detective John Right likes to watch. There’s no harm in it. The latest object of his obsession—a twenty-something stranger who chains his bike outside John’s office—doesn’t feel the weight of John’s eyes on him, doesn’t know about the secret recordings or what John does with them in the dead of night. Except when the kid disappears, John finds himself doing far more that just watching. Reluctantly, John has to start thinking like a cop once more as he frantically tries to track down his mystery man. Although when he finds him, John is left with more questions than answers. And the more he learns, the more he wishes he’d never started looking in the first place. Can John get to the bottom of the mystery without giving away his own dirty secret? And without giving in to his urge to do more than simply watch? Well…nobody’s perfect.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: Buried Heart Laydin Michaels

Buried Heart Laydin Michaels
Lesbian - Romantic Suspence
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books (January 17, 2017)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1626398011
ISBN-13: 978-1626398016
Amazon: Buried Heart Laydin Michaels

Drew Chambliss started her life at age twelve. Everything before then was lost when trauma wiped her past away. She adjusted to a new family and a new life, but something was always missing.

Cicely Jones lives life big and out loud. She has no room in her life for secrets. When Cicely meets Drew at a music festival, the chemistry is unbelievable. They fit effortlessly. When Drew starts to remember bits of her past and a stranger begins to stalk her, she pushes Cicely away to protect her. When Cicely demands the truth, Drew has to choose between keeping her safe and the past that could destroy them both.

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2017 Rainbow Awards Submission: In Enemy Hands M.A. Church

In Enemy Hands M.A. Church
Gay - Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Paperback: 214 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press (December 30, 2016)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1634776097
ISBN-13: 978-1634776097
Amazon: In Enemy Hands M.A. Church

Two very different civilizations—one bathed in bright sunlight and the other veiled in shadow.

Bad decisions, declining resources, and a king on the brink of madness force Prince Varo Kutchif, third son of the royal family and a starship captain, to attempt the impossible: barter for Black Phospolrock, an energy source the mysterious Helkan Kingdom has in abundance. Varo opens a line of communication with Adlar, an intriguing Helkan who seems to reciprocate Varo’s interest. He hopes so, because if negotiations collapse, Varo has orders to attack.

The Helkans preside over a planet shrouded in perpetual darkness. Several species have tried to exploit its natural resources through trade with them, but all have failed. Adlar Mondur is the older brother to the Helkan ruler. An assassin of the highest order, he’ll do anything to protect his king and his people—including tracking down the Yesri prince who crash-lands on their planet, leaving an ugly scar across its untouched beauty.

Thus begins a journey where two men from disparate civilizations grow from enemies to lovers.

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